Harvey & Me: Pulling Lynda Barry’s Leg
Harvey & Me is written by Anne Elizabeth Moore and drawn by Melissa Mendes. This installment "Pulling Lynda Barry's Leg"
Missing Detroit: My Dad and the Disease of Blight
Last year, when driving back from Detroit to his home in Fraser, my dad took a detour. Dad is by nature an anxious man, but that anxiety spiked when he turned down an ice-and-snow-covered street.
HEY YOU: Introduction to The Pittsburgh Anthology
Pittsburgh is changing. I don’t know if it’s for the better or for the worse. I once worked for the USW ... as a camera-man for their secretly-funded protest of Chinese goods.
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
The Buffalo Anthology — Call For Submissions
OK Buffalo. It’s time to start talking. We need your stories, your passion, your art, your energy, your words. Belt Publishing has published four successful anthologies about Rust Belt cities since 2012 ...
The Mattoon Mad Gasser – Looking Back At A Textbook Case Of Mass Hysteria
Aline Kearney was uneasy when she went to bed late on Sept. 1, 1944, in the small east-central Illinois town of Mattoon.
Your Band Sucks: An Interview With Jon Fine
Jon Fine is a longtime business writer currently serving as executive editor of Inc. magazine, a James Beard-award winning food and wine writer, and the former guitarist for such barely-known bands as Bitch Magnet, Vineland, and Coptic Light.
Preserving Grandeur
Along the endless row of cookie-cutter homes on Cleveland’s Warren Road, the Marquard House stands as a mute witness to a rich history.
The 5th Annual Roxy Remembered: Reviving Cleveland’s Burlesque Past
Cleveland's Roxy Burlesque Theater first opened its doors in 1931 on E. 9th Street, showcasing such risque performers as Blaze Starr, Irma the Body, and Tempest Storm -- to name just a few.
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt. Bob Schieffer [...]
Return of the Club: Youngstown’s Good Old Days Reborn on the Fifth Floor
All George Guarnieri was looking for was a liquor license. What he found was the remnants of a Youngstown institution.
A Rust Belt Education: Part Two
On a glorious Saturday morning, Erika Harrison pulled up to her house in East Cleveland, bounced out of a sparkling red Chevy Equinox minivan, and walked briskly to her front door ...